Institution: Iowa Valley Community College District
JBS in Marshalltown is a pork processing facility owned by JBS USA, a global food company. JBS USA Pork is the 2nd largest fresh pork producer in the U.S. Currently, the Marshalltown plant has 2,400 total employees. JBS has been an ongoing recipient of 260E and 260F funding for their workforce. Iowa Valley Community College District has been providing industrial maintenance training to JBS for over 20 years.
As JBS hires new mechanics or promotes from within the company, they send these employees to the Marshalltown campus for Industrial Maintenance Training, specifically utilizing the Amatrol lab. The training is a hybrid approach where the employee can do online learning using the college’s laptops on the Marshalltown campus and have the instructor nearby if they have questions as they go through each module. To complete the course, they must pass a hands-on assessment using the Amatrol equipment, which is conducted with the instructor onsite.
This is ongoing training and is self-paced. Some students are done with this training in 6 months, but most take 9 months or even up to a year. Once they complete the course, JBS increases their wages.
